It's not a stupid idea. For Aerial espicially there is a big advantage without the cost of the hardened connector terminals.
We tested the Optima S about a year ago, unfortunately they leaked terribly with a flat drop gasket in the mainline (in a handhole application). Design flaw that was never tested apparently. They were supposed to be redesigning but it shook my confidence in the product & company. Ive never liked split rubber grommets which is what these use on the mainline side. We also found their field install connectors to be more difficult to get a good install vs other connectors. Ultimately we just stayed with a fusion spliced drop in a Tyco 450 case. BUT if we were going to do an aerial project I would at least re-evaluate them. I would probably try to get the drop assemblies made in China vs buying from multilink or terminating bulk cable. On Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 4:01 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected] wrote: > Commscope and Multilink both make aerial closures like this. > > Even if I take 10 minutes to put a connector on the cable, that's still > faster than taking a closure off the strand, bringing it down into your > truck/trailer, break the seal, fusion splice, reseal, rehang, re-tie the > slack. > > They intend for you to use preterminated cables, but I think that has to > come with a lot of waste so I'm not 100% sold on that. That's why I'm > experimenting with terminations on drop cables. > > I suppose I seek comment on both the termination process and also > whether this is a stupid idea to start with. > > -Adam > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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